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Leveling a specific criticism at an ally doesn't "weaken America" (particularly when the criticism is an apt one, but on that matter I concede that reasonable people may disagree.)
For those who are in agreement with the OP on this issue, do you not think that the perception of our main ally as an obedient client state has damaged our ability to win the ideological conflicts in which we're now engaged?
Will America's interests be well-served once Blair is out and the backlash against his policy towards the US begins? It is fairly clear that his successor will not have the same attitude towards the United States.
It's not at all self-evident that Carter's position or his statement hurts America. If you truly think it does, then it follows that, as roachboy said earlier, we're talking about two very different conceptions of what America is and should be.
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